Mated to the Alpha and His Beta

Chapter 384

Lanie

“Little cars are listening, love,” I said as calmly as I could to Xander, trying to remind him that the children

were present.

I didn’t want our pups to be scared, even though it was all I could do to keep myself from screaming at my

grandfather that I needed to talk to him. Stella’s small hand crept into mine and squeezed. When I looked down at her, she was smiling brightly up at me.

Because she knew I was upset? Or just because she was my sunny-faced angel? I bent to scoop her up,

staggering a step under her weight. She was getting too big to be carried, but I didn’t want to put her down. It could be the last time I ever picked her up.

I rubbed my nose against her cheek, and she hugged me hard.

“Love you, Mama,” she said, which was a nice change from being called Mother.

Malachi, Xander, and Mason were muttering about the lights, power surges, the evidence of strangers in

the nearby town. Alpha stuff. It was clear I’d have to wait my turn.

“Xander,” I repeated. “You and Mason should go with Malachi somewhere else to talk about this.””

Mason looked over at us. He put his hand on his brother’s shoulder. “She’s right. Malachi, we should take

this back to the conference room.”

this.”

and

for an emergency meeting of the leadership council,”

three of them left the room.

away. His face was pulled into a mask I couldn’t

like he was disappointed.

in her high, clear voice. “Will

smiled and walked immediately toward the stacks of board games on the bookshelves.

me another grin. I still couldn’t figure out if she was reading me,

he’d agree to play with them. It wasn’t out

Even so, something in the way she looked at me

situation.

find out, not keep guessing and making silent assumptions about her motives. She was a child, for crying out

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and I answered it. It wasn’t the food this time, either, but Greyson,

fine.”

off so fast. I wanted to make

I

good. The power surge startled us, that’s all,” Zane said.

so, since the lights were only out for a

Allie and Izzy. Let’s

shot a look at me over her shoulder right

closed the door.

out a breath I’d been keeping held tight in my throat. My entire body felt slumped but tense at the

might only have been a power surge like

more dangerous than that. All four of us had felt it.